[Quote No.33473] Need Area: Friends > General "It is a great wonder that to teach such a simple truth [that if you want to get along with others all you have to do is to treat others as you would want to be treated in the same situation] a number of religions should be necessary, and so many disputes should go on between them as to which is the God-ordained teaching. [Of course, there are many other questions religions try to answer, for example, why are we here, how did we get here, what happens when we die, etc, and the different cultural and historical answers to these result in the many different religions.]" - Sri Ramana MaharshiAuthor's Info on Wikipedia - Author on ebay - Author on Amazon - More Quotes by this AuthorStart Searching Amazon for GiftsSend as Free eCard with optional Google Image

[Quote No.33543] Need Area: Friends > General "A great part of that order which reigns among mankind is not the effect of government. It had its origin in the principles of society and the natural constitution of man. It existed prior to government, and would exist if the formality of government was abolished. The mutual dependence and reciprocal interest which man has upon man, and all parts of a civilized community upon each other, create that great chain of connection which holds it together. The landholder, the farmer, the manufacturer, the merchant, the tradesman, and every occupation, prospers by the aid which each receives from the other, and from the whole. Common interest regulates their concerns, and forms their laws; and the laws which common usage ordains, have a greater influence than the laws of government. In fine, society performs for itself almost every thing which is ascribed to government." - Thomas Paine(1791 - 1792), from his book, 'The Rights of Man'. Author's Info on Wikipedia - Author on ebay - Author on Amazon - More Quotes by this AuthorStart Searching Amazon for GiftsSend as Free eCard with optional Google Image

[Quote No.33604] Need Area: Friends > General "The philosophical framework of the capitalist society requires a system of laws — a government — to assure that the life and property of individuals are safeguarded. The role of government in a capitalist society is to establish and execute laws designed to keep the peace. As Mill observed, attempts by any to deprive others of their freedom must be prevented, and the force of law is essential to this end. Government in the capitalist society is symbolized by the blindfolded goddess of justice. The rule of law equally protecting life and property is fundamental to the development of a capitalist society." - Robert G. AndersonQuote from 'The Freeman', published October 1979.Author's Info on Wikipedia - Author on ebay - Author on Amazon - More Quotes by this AuthorStart Searching Amazon for GiftsSend as Free eCard with optional Google Image

[Quote No.33622] Need Area: Friends > General "[Freedom and individualism:] There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly. I please myself with imagining a State at last which can afford to be just to all men, and to treat the individual with respect as a neighbor; which even would not think it inconsistent with its own repose if a few went to live aloof from it, not meddling with it, nor embraced by it, who fulfilled all the duties of neighbors and fellow-men. A State which bore this kind of fruit, and suffered it to drop off as fast as it ripened, would prepare the way for a still more perfect and glorious State, which also I have imagined, but not yet anywhere seen." - Henry David ThoreauQuote from his famous book, 'Civil Disobedience', published 1849.Author's Info on Wikipedia - Author on ebay - Author on Amazon - More Quotes by this AuthorStart Searching Amazon for GiftsSend as Free eCard with optional Google Image

[Quote No.33623] Need Area: Friends > General "The sole end for which mankind [government or other group] are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number [their innate inalienable freedom], is self-protection. The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because in the opinions of others, to do so would be wise, or even right." - John Stuart MillFamous British social and economic philosopher.Author's Info on Wikipedia - Author on ebay - Author on Amazon - More Quotes by this AuthorStart Searching Amazon for GiftsSend as Free eCard with optional Google Image

[Quote No.33654] Need Area: Friends > General "Beware of politicians trying to gain a short-term political victory at the cost of long-term economic damage. This is the worst kind of cynical populism, where politicians put sustaining their political life in front of the long-term needs of the community. It is the equivalent of inept company managers lining their own pockets and ensuring their jobs at the expense of the owners' money and the jobs of staff of the company they are paid to manage. In the business world it is considered immoral and cause for dismissal if not criminal charges; in the political world it is routine. Shame on those self-serving politicians." - Seymour@imagi-natives.comAuthor's Info on Wikipedia - Author on ebay - Author on Amazon - More Quotes by this AuthorStart Searching Amazon for GiftsSend as Free eCard with optional Google Image